Chelsea arrange transfer talks to discuss star's future as Nkunku suffers injury issue
In the end it was a typical cup win over a side in the division below, but Chelsea did not make light work of Preston North End at Stamford Bridge. A goalless first half left Mauricio Pochettino fuming as he head back down the tunnel before the referee blew his whistle and the Blues were looking void of quality to find a way past Freddie Woodman.
Things did not improve immediately when the players returned from the break but Mykhailo Mudyrk and Malo Gusto wereable to find a moment of quality for Armando Broja to match with his head. The Albania international opened the scoring and allowed the floodgates to open as Thiago Silva, Raheem Sterling andEnzo Fernandez each added a goal.
The west London side navigated their way into the fourth round of the FA Cup to maintain an unbeaten record in knockout football since Pochettino's arrival at the club. With Middlesbrough next in the semi-final of the Carabao Cup, football.london takes a look at some of the talking to arise from Chelsea's win below.
It was a difficult first half for the 22-year-old striker. He was starved of much action in the box and found it difficult to maintain possession of the ball in the rare opportunities it was able to reach him. Ultimately the currency of his performances lie in finding the net and that he was able to do against Preston on Saturday afternoon.
This month will see increased scrutiny on the Cobham product with Nicolas Jackson in the Ivory Coast representing Senegal at the African Cup of Nations. That level of pressure will have only increased when Christopher Nkunku picked up a hip issue on Friday that saw him miss the FA Cup clash with uncertainty whether he will play across the next seven days.
It was the young forward's second goal of the
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